Kites, hawks and eagles

These birds of prey have hooked bills, and vary in size from the sparrowhawk up to the white-tailed eagle.

Hawks include the bird-eating hawks such as the sparrowhawk, with broad, rounded wings and long, slender tails. Buzzards are mostly larger, longer-winged, substantial birds, which use broad wings for soaring. Eagles are much larger, with deep, arched, sharply-hooked bills, long, strong, curved claws. There are many more species outside Europe.